Peter Kern

Peter Kern (October 31, 1835 – October 28, 1907) was a German-born American businessman and politician active in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known as the founder of the confections company that eventually evolved into Kern's Bakery, a brand still marketed in the Knoxville area. The company's former confectionery and ice cream parlor, now called the Mall Building (or Oliver Hotel), still dominates the southwest corner of Market Square. Kern served as Knoxville's mayor from 1890 until 1892.

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Peter Kern
Birth dateOctober 31, 1835
Birth place
Germany , Zwingenberg (Baden) , Baden-Württemberg
Religion
Presbyterianism
Date of deathOctober 28, 1907
Place of death
Knoxville Tennessee
Resting place
Knoxville Tennessee , Old Gray Cemetery

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